silvestre
Portuguese, adjective/siwˈvɛs.tɾi/
silvestre is spelled S-I-L-V-E-S-T-R-E (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,223rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silvestre is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “woodland (which has grown in a woodland)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a selva, a silva”.
What does silvestre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinewoodland (which has grown in a woodland)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a selva, a silva 2. inculto, rude, rústico 3. que ocorre de forma espontânea em determinado hábitat
adjective: 1. pessoa silvestre
noun: 1. prenome masculino
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of silvestre
- silvestres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce silvestre?
- Brazil /siwˈvɛs.tɾi/
- Brazil [siʊ̯ˈvɛs.tɾi]
- /siwˈvɛʃ.tɾi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to silvestre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is silvestre in Portuguese?
silvestre appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).